character
noun
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
“she is the main character in the novel”
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
“each town has a quality all its own”
“the radical character of our demands”
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
“education has for its object the formation of character”
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
“she played the part of Desdemona”
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
“a real character”
“a strange character”
good repute
“he is a man of character”
a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
“requests for character references are all too often answered evasively”
a written symbol that is used to represent speech
“the Greek alphabet has 24 characters”
(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
verb
engrave or inscribe characters on
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University